I based my story off the tale of the The Bossy Gallito by Lucia Gonzalez. ISBN 9780439067577
González, Lucía M, and Lulu Delacre. The Bossy Gallito =: El Gallo De Bodas ; a Traditional Cuban Folktale. New York: Scholastic Inc, 1994. Print.
It is a very popular hispanic folktale. Gonzalez bases hers on tales she heard growing up in Cuba. I made some modifications based on variations of the story I found doing a web search. Going to google.es and typing in "gallo en bodas", "gallo kiriko" or "gallo quirico" yields many results. Some are as follows:
In The Bossy Gallito Gonzalez moves from grass to goat, stick, fire, water, sun. Other variations may use different animals such as sheep, worms, dogs, or may use rock instead of stick. The elements that remain the same are a Rooster on his way to Uncle Parakeet's wedding gets messy, and fire, water, and sun appear to be elements in all of the variations.
I rewrote the story and sent it to Norma. The Story is below. Norma was kind enough to also get some input from a Cuban friend of hers to provide more authenticity.
The Bossy Rooster
That Old Bossy Rooster’s
On his way to Tio’s wedding
Didn’t have nothing to eat
He sees a bean on the road
In a pile of mud
And that Old Rooster dirtied his beak
Well Grass is right there
“Grass, clean my beak!”
Grass says “no, no, no!”
Well Goat is nearby
“Goat eat that grass!”
Goat says “no, no, no!”
That Old Bossy Rooster sees Stick lying there
“Stick you tap that Goat!”
Stick says “no, no no!”
Rooster sees Fire in a bush
“Fire you burn that stick!”
Fire says, “no, no, no!”
Old Bossy Rooster splashes a puddle of water
“Water quench that fire!”
Water says, “no, no, no!”
Now Old Bossy Rooster
Gonna be late to Tio’s wedding
He’s still got mud on his beak!
He sits down in the shade
And looks of a Friend Sun
And says polite and meek,
Dear Friend Sun,
Will you dry up Water
So Water will quench Fire
So Fire will burn Stick
So Stick will tap Goat
So Goat will eat Grass
So Grass will clean my beak?
Will you Friend Sun?
Please Please Please?
Sun looks down and says
“Well, you asked so nice,
So Yes, Yes, Yes!”
And Water who heard Rooster ask so nice
Says “I will quench Fire
Yes, Yes, Yes”
And Water asked Fire real nice
To burn Stick
And Fire says “Yes, Yes, Yes”
And Fire asks Stick real nice
To tap Goat
And Stick says “Yes, Yes, Yes!”
And Stick asks Goat real nice
To eat Grass
And Goat says “Yes, Yes, Yes!”
And Goat asks Grass who didn’t know ‘bout Tio’s wedding
Will he clean Rooster’s Beak?
“Yes, Yes, Yes!”
Old Bossy Rooster thanked Sun with a Cockle Doodle Doo!
And Grass, Goat, Stick, Fire, and Water too!
And rushed off to Tio’s wedding.
Norma's comments:
"My school secretary added this to the email I sent her:
Norma si sabes como motivarme, la lechera es mi favorita. (I am bribing her with a jello dessert. LOL)
caramba, oye chico, te las mandas, mi hermano nosotros siempre tuteamos a la gente Hablame si quieres para ver en que te puedo ayudar mas
grass = hierba
So, upon looking at your poem, I think we just need to aid that Cuban flare to it. It's looking good!! I will get working on it. What do you think made the kids lose attention when you did your story time? Maybe we need to tweak it a little depending on the age of the students."
I told the story twice on the same day: once in the morning with children aged 2 and up, and a second time in the afternoon with children aged 0-2. Norma commented on both attempts on the feedback form. The form is below:
In both attempts the Bossy Rooster is told first, and then other stories are told. The links will have to come down due to the other stories, until I can figure out how to cut the file so that it shows only the Bossy Rooster story.
I used public domain pictures on sticks as my prop. I created them in publisher but saved it to pdf which is below. For storytime I also created coloring sheets for the kids so that is why there are two links for each animal.
Due to my EXTREME nervousness (this was my first try doing storytime EVER) I managed to forget her advice to add Cuban flair. I also completely ignored the story I wrote. Norma was a GREAT partner and her advice was very helpful. She also went the distance by getting suggestions from people who were familiar with the story which I really appreciated.
González, Lucía M, and Lulu Delacre. The Bossy Gallito =: El Gallo De Bodas ; a Traditional Cuban Folktale. New York: Scholastic Inc, 1994. Print.
It is a very popular hispanic folktale. Gonzalez bases hers on tales she heard growing up in Cuba. I made some modifications based on variations of the story I found doing a web search. Going to google.es and typing in "gallo en bodas", "gallo kiriko" or "gallo quirico" yields many results. Some are as follows:
http://www.lacasadelarbol.es/3Quirico.htm
http://revistas.educa.jcyl.es/divergaceta/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=440:las-bodas-del-gallo-perico&catid=46:muchocuento&Itemid=27
http://descargas.conciliaresfacilisimo.es/documents/0000/0098/kiriko.pdf
In The Bossy Gallito Gonzalez moves from grass to goat, stick, fire, water, sun. Other variations may use different animals such as sheep, worms, dogs, or may use rock instead of stick. The elements that remain the same are a Rooster on his way to Uncle Parakeet's wedding gets messy, and fire, water, and sun appear to be elements in all of the variations.
I rewrote the story and sent it to Norma. The Story is below. Norma was kind enough to also get some input from a Cuban friend of hers to provide more authenticity.
The Bossy Rooster
That Old Bossy Rooster’s
On his way to Tio’s wedding
Didn’t have nothing to eat
He sees a bean on the road
In a pile of mud
And that Old Rooster dirtied his beak
Well Grass is right there
“Grass, clean my beak!”
Grass says “no, no, no!”
Well Goat is nearby
“Goat eat that grass!”
Goat says “no, no, no!”
That Old Bossy Rooster sees Stick lying there
“Stick you tap that Goat!”
Stick says “no, no no!”
Rooster sees Fire in a bush
“Fire you burn that stick!”
Fire says, “no, no, no!”
Old Bossy Rooster splashes a puddle of water
“Water quench that fire!”
Water says, “no, no, no!”
Now Old Bossy Rooster
Gonna be late to Tio’s wedding
He’s still got mud on his beak!
He sits down in the shade
And looks of a Friend Sun
And says polite and meek,
Dear Friend Sun,
Will you dry up Water
So Water will quench Fire
So Fire will burn Stick
So Stick will tap Goat
So Goat will eat Grass
So Grass will clean my beak?
Will you Friend Sun?
Please Please Please?
Sun looks down and says
“Well, you asked so nice,
So Yes, Yes, Yes!”
And Water who heard Rooster ask so nice
Says “I will quench Fire
Yes, Yes, Yes”
And Water asked Fire real nice
To burn Stick
And Fire says “Yes, Yes, Yes”
And Fire asks Stick real nice
To tap Goat
And Stick says “Yes, Yes, Yes!”
And Stick asks Goat real nice
To eat Grass
And Goat says “Yes, Yes, Yes!”
And Goat asks Grass who didn’t know ‘bout Tio’s wedding
Will he clean Rooster’s Beak?
“Yes, Yes, Yes!”
Old Bossy Rooster thanked Sun with a Cockle Doodle Doo!
And Grass, Goat, Stick, Fire, and Water too!
And rushed off to Tio’s wedding.
Norma's comments:
"My school secretary added this to the email I sent her:
Norma si sabes como motivarme, la lechera es mi favorita. (I am bribing her with a jello dessert. LOL)
caramba, oye chico, te las mandas, mi hermano
nosotros siempre tuteamos a la gente
Hablame si quieres para ver en que te puedo ayudar mas
grass = hierba
So, upon looking at your poem, I think we just need to aid that Cuban flare to it. It's looking good!! I will get working on it. What do you think made the kids lose attention when you did your story time? Maybe we need to tweak it a little depending on the age of the students."
I told the story twice on the same day: once in the morning with children aged 2 and up, and a second time in the afternoon with children aged 0-2. Norma commented on both attempts on the feedback form. The form is below:
Attempt 1:
http://youtu.be/uK-dm-HV6qw
Attempt 2:
http://youtu.be/5DKX0rqeLvE
Attempt 2 Edited to just the Bossy Rooster part:
http://youtu.be/SjvlA7LvCFQ
In both attempts the Bossy Rooster is told first, and then other stories are told. The links will have to come down due to the other stories, until I can figure out how to cut the file so that it shows only the Bossy Rooster story.
I used public domain pictures on sticks as my prop. I created them in publisher but saved it to pdf which is below. For storytime I also created coloring sheets for the kids so that is why there are two links for each animal.
Due to my EXTREME nervousness (this was my first try doing storytime EVER) I managed to forget her advice to add Cuban flair. I also completely ignored the story I wrote. Norma was a GREAT partner and her advice was very helpful. She also went the distance by getting suggestions from people who were familiar with the story which I really appreciated.